What are some of the measures various states provide to “encourage” a delinquent obligor to pay the outstanding arrearage and remain current on alimony and child support payments?

What will be an ideal response?


Certainly the wage withholding mechanism is an important device to assist in insuring regular payments, since the obligor never sees the support money. Other “encouragement” includes:
• Suspension of passport - for arrearages over $5000;
• Other sanctions, such as the seizure of bank accounts, seizure of workers’ compensation or personal injury awards, conversion of child support arrearages to judgments, and levying of liens upon personal and real property;
• Wage withholding orders;
• Suspension of driver’s licenses and professional licenses;
• Federal and/or state income tax offsets; and/or,
• Incarceration

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